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X-37B space plane towed to hangar

These images show Air Force and Boeing teams recovering the X-37B space plane Dec. 3 on the runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The 29-foot-long spacecraft was then towed to the Astrotech satellite processing facility, where the X-37 approach and landing test vehicle is housed.